They began by shifting the focus from guns to mental health — but quickly found that backfired when those who wanted sensible gun control pointed out universal background checks could include looks at history of mental health.

Since then they've blamed violent movies, video games, abortions, bullying, lack of father figure, demonic spirits (yes, really), and too many doors in school buildings.

Yes, during a meeting with pastors last week, U.S. Representative Diane Black (who is running for governor of Tennessee, btw) said porn was "a big part" of the problem:

"It's available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store. Yeah, you have to reach up to get it, but there's pornography there. All of this is available without parental guidance. I think that is a big part of the root cause."

Um, except EVERYONE has porn all over the world (some countries infamously kinkier than we are) and yet the U.S. pretty much has everyone else beat on school shootings.

To see what Republicans blame next, tune in to Anything But Guns next week and EVERY WEEK AFTER! Ugh.

Piggybacking off his tirade that the Parkland teenagers have "no soul," the former rocker and current NRA board member is now insisting that Hogg, one of the prominent teens advocating for gun reform, has tragically been "brainwashed."

The former rock musician and current NRA board member did an interview late Friday night with the Joe Pags Radio Show during which he called out Florida school shooting survivors and student activists as having "no soul" for wanting gun control.

No, seriously. Nugent was discussing the student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with the radio show host when the former rockstar decided to go all in on those "poor mushy-brained children who have been fed lies" and "are committing spiritual suicide."

In Nugent's mind, you see, the student activists are actually waging a war against America — and against the law abiding families in America — by being against gun violence. What the what!?